Are you thinking about becoming a fashion blogger?!
Learning how to start a fashion blog is the first step towards your goals. As fashion is one of the hottest topics all around the world, fashion bloggers are admired on a global scale. You can obtain that admiration too, but it requires a strategy.
I am not a fashion blogger, but I definitely see the excellence of some of the best fashion blogs. An amazing combination of art and science becomes clearly visible, which teaches a lot about blogging.
That's why I suggest -if you want fashion blogging tips, looking at the best blogs would be the best move.
Expressing your creative side and making money at the same time becomes possible with fashion blogging. Some of the best fashion blogs do it the right way.
Knowing how to start a fashion blog will become easier when you look at a few examples. So, in this post, I am going to shine some light on the best features of the following blogs.
Every single blog mentioned-above has unique properties. And, those properties can offer some incredible fashion blogging tips for a blogger.
But before we dig into those properties, I would like to give you a few basics to create a fashion blog.
Everyone has a blog these days. Even if you look into the fashion niche only, you will find thousands of blogs out there.
So, without a strategy and in-depth preparation, it becomes impossible to stand out.
If you really want to know how to become a fashion blogger, start by preparing yourself for the digital world.
As a fashion lover, you already follow the fashion tips offered by your favorite bloggers. But, in order to create your own blog, you need to start looking at the way top blogs work.
Notice the content presentation techniques they follow. See how those bloggers market their blogs on different platforms. Analyze the site for elements that make them stand out. This way, you will gain fashion blogging tips that no one can offer you ever.
Photography and video making hold a great importance in fashion blogging. They help you create some of the best content for your audiences and convey your ideas in the best possible manner.
Practicing your photography and video making skills will definitely help you create a strong fashion blog from the very beginning.
You can invest in quality gadgets and training, but even your smartphones can do the trick with a little practice. So, there is no need to feel that you are limited in any manner. Keep on clicking images and creating videos and you will see improvement every single time.
Despite the popularity of videos and images, the power of words is still on the top of content creation.
But, writing is not just about creating sentences. A blogger has to think about new and unique ideas to write about. And those ideas should be useful and be engaging at the same time.
Hence, working on your writing skills is really, really important if you want to know - what to write about on a fashion blog?!
Along with the skill to generate content ideas, you also need to bring a balance of technical and creative properties in your writing style. Your writing should be appealing to your audience and match the competition of the digital world at the same time. Compromising on writing skills can make your blog fade away in the vast online world.
Among all the fashion blogging tips, this is the most important one. In fact, every blogger should know the basics of Search Engine Optimization.
Search Engine Optimization includes all the techniques that help your website obtain high rankings on Google and other search engines. It also helps in building a strong audience reach for your blog.
When you are thinking about fashion blogging, SEO is a valuable weapon to carry.
You already know that social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and others are amazing to promote your fashionable personality.
But there is no need to wait until you start your fashion blog. Promoting yourself as a fashion blogger on social media gives a perfect kick-start to your blogging career. You can build a huge community with your fashion presence on social media. And that same community becomes your blog audience.
It is all about building loyalty with a consistent and long-term presence. Your audience should start looking at you as a fashion expert even before you start a fashion blog.
So, until now, we have covered all the basic fashion blogging tips that will prepare you in the right direction.
Now, let's discuss the best features of the top fashion blogs.
In order to achieve all those purposes, a blog name needs to be simple and catchy at the same time. One fashion blog that has done an amazing job in this department is What My Boyfriend Wore.
The name "What My Boyfriend Wore" is simple, memorable, and presents the blog in a unique light as well. Moreover, it has the capacity to engage both male and female audiences, which works in the favor of this fashion blog.
So, you should aim for simplicity and memorability when expressing the idea of your fashion blog with a name.
Ask any expert for fashion blogging tips, they all will tell you to have a strong presence on Instagram.
Being a picture-based platform, Instagram offers a great opportunity to post quality images and improve your fashion audience circle. The consistency and authenticity of posting on Instagram can take your official blog to a whole new level of success.
You can engage with a wide range of audience.
Allow people to follow your fashion ideas.
Get more sales opportunities for your collections.
Collaborate with other fashion bloggers.
If you look at the Instagram page of a fashion blog Kyrzayda, you will clearly understand the value of Instagram posting.
With consistent posting, Kyrzayda Rodriguez has more than 250k followers on Instagram. That strong community directly improves the authenticity of her fashion website.
The site design probably holds the maximum importance in fashion blogging niche. You can't have a boring business theme and expect visitors to look at you as a creative person.
The design of the site works as a canvas for a fashion blogger. A theme that complements your style statement is very important to make your pictures look more appealing. So, achieving style, elegance and relevance should be your goal while looking for your blog theme.
One Dapper Street has a design that fits perfectly into the fashion category. The font used in the name complements the men's fashion niche. Furthermore, the locations of the images alternate from left to right as you go down, which keeps the layout visually appealing.
So, how to start a fashion blog with an appealing theme?!
Free blog hosting platforms are not at all effective when you have a long-term fashion blogging plan. If you take your blogging seriously, then, make sure people take you seriously too.
You can look at any of the fashion blogs and see that they all use a self-hosted platform. Choosing your own host allows you to have a personal domain name (for example- www.yourdomainname.com). This makes your site look more authentic and people take you as a real deal.
Getting audience loyalty, improving your collaboration chances and many other business opportunities depend on the hosting you have.
Readers don't just fall in love with the fashion, they become a fan of the blogger as well. A strong relationship becomes possible when a blogger presents his or her genuine personality without faking.
With a popular fashion blog Girl with Curves, Tanesha Awasthi has created a huge community in the plus-size fashion zone. She enables women to showcase their best version with outfit suggestions, make-up tips, and other hacks.
Knowing your audience is the first step towards creating engaging fashion content on your blog. You can go beyond posting images and writing blogs if you know what your target audience is looking for.
Ashleigh Hutchinson has been able to do that incredibly on her blog, The Daileigh. She offers ebooks on fashion, guides to creating a blog, workbooks and many other varieties of content.
It is extremely important to pinpoint what your target audience wants in order to plan your blog's content, products, and services.
Sharing your life with your audience is a great way to connect with them. Your life experiences, daily lifestyle, habits, and many other small topics create a huge difference.
The blog Hello Fashion focuses on each and every part of a woman's lifestyle. The fashion blogger Christine Andrew talks about women's fashion, motherhood, relationships, maternity, fitness, home décor and many other topics. Her comprehensive approach towards fashion and life makes her a valuable blogger for her audiences.
Engaging with your readers comes within top fashion blogging tips for sure. But there is one fashion blog that has taken it to a whole new level.
The blog, Chronicles of Her showcases a page dedicated to the two-way communication with the readers. Fashion blog Carmen Hamilton asks fashion and lifestyle questions to her readers on the "talk it out" page. Including conversation driving topics, she allows her community of readers to connect with each other, making her blog a strong platform.
Fashion and travel are the two of the biggest markets that attract readers in the digital world. The creativity to include both of them together can bring a huge traffic to your site on a regular basis.
The blog that uses this idea seamlessly is Sincerely Jules. Presenting outfit options matched with various destinations, fashion blogger Julie Sariñana makes her holiday and trips a fashionable experience for her followers.
Video content receives a wider range of audience online. Explaining tips, tricks and hacks become much less complicated when you have a video medium. That's why smart bloggers use video content in fashion blogging.
Leveraging the video medium to its fullest, the blog Style Me Grasie covers fashion, acting, lifestyle, and care tips. The blog videos are embedded from their YouTube channel, which allows visitors to watch videos conveniently on the blog.
Post as much as you can, and market it even more. All the other fashion blogging tips won't work if you don't follow this one. But if you do, your blog will reach the global fashion blog scene within a few years only.
The mentioned ones are just the basics that you can start with. However, as your blog grows, you can move towards media promotions, collaborations, and affiliate marketing as well.
With her focus towards consistency in marketing, Erica Choi has made her fashion blog, Egg Canvas, one of the best within a very short time. She started her blog in 2014 and has obtained thousands of followers in the digital world, exposure in multiple media outlets and a vast community around her blog. And it has all been possible due to her disciplined way of presenting quality content and marketing.
Successful people leave a map behind their path to success. All you have to do is follow the same path and you will reach the same destination.
Hopefully, you have learned valuable tricks on how to start a fashion blog and make it popular.


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Indiana State student ensembles to wrap up Contemporary Music Festival on Oct. 28
The 50th Contemporary Music Festival comes to a close with a final concert featuring Indiana State University's student ensembles at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 in Tilson Auditorium.
Performing the music of both featured composers James A. Beckel Jr. and Libby Larsen, the performance features the Indiana State University Concert Choir, Wind Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra. Students representing almost the entire School of Music perform to close this historic 50th Festival in Tilson Auditorium.
In its 50th year, the Contemporary Music Festival has brought internationally acclaimed composers, performers and speakers to Terre Haute. Members of surrounding communities, school children, university students and guests are encouraged to attend and participate in performances, educational activities and discussions focusing on trends in contemporary musical expression.
Since its inception in 1967, the festival has developed a strong national reputation for the performance and creation of new music. Some of the most important composers of contemporary classical music have come to participate in the festival, including 18 Pulitzer Prize winners and five recipients of the Grawemeyer Award.
For more information and complete schedule, visit indstate.edu/cas/cmf.
Media Contact: Libby Roerig, media relations assistant director, Office of Communications and Marketing, Indiana State University, 812-237-3790 or libby.roerig@indstate.edu

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Honiton Town all set for Macron League Match of the Day part II
Published: 8:20 AM March 17, 2017 Updated: 11:33 AM November 7, 2020
Football generic picture - Credit: Archant
Mountbatten Park stages the Macron League Premier Division Match of the Day on Saturday (March 18) when Honiton Town entertain Newtown in a contest between two of the three teams battling to win the title this season.
The pair met at Newton St Cyres as recently as seven days ago with the Hippos winning 4-0.
However, Town boss Kev Blackwell is very clear about the message he wants his team to take in prior to kick off.
He explained saying: "I am going to do my upmost to get across to the players that last weekend's win – as good as it was – will count for nothing if we don't make sure of a positive result in this swift return meeting.
"Defeat on our pitch will simply render the win at their place a terrific opportunity lost. Winning that first game 4-0 put four points between us and its clear that, even if we don't win this second meeting, simply sharing the spoils would leave us still those four points clear with the games running out.
"That said, a win would take us what could be a pivotal seven points clear which would be a massive advantage heading into the run-in."
Town are at full strength for the game. Blackwell says: "They [Newtown] will no doubt possibly try something different. For our part, we'll go about our work in similar fashion to what we did at Newton St Cyres last Saturday. It's games like this that we are all in the game for. They don't come much more exciting than first versus second with the final stretch of the season in sight."
Blackwell concluded: "If I had one wish away from the issue of team selection and who to start with, then it's that the good folk who support the club as well as they do, come out and give the lads their support for this game. One that could shape our destiny in the Macron League this season."
If the Hippos can win the game and then defeat the other of the three-teams chasing the title – Elmore – who they meet the following Saturday – then they will head into the penultimate month of the season with a healthy lead and the Macron League title clearly 'theirs to lose'!
The Mountbatten Park big match kicks-off at 3pm.


This task force will investigate and report on the various vetting structures that exist throughout New York State pertaining to candidates for election to judicial office. Based upon its investigation, the task force will propose best practices, guidelines and minimum standards for review of such judicial candidates. It will also make recommendations to assist local bar associations, good government groups and other stakeholders in developing effective non-partisan evaluation and screening of candidates for election to judicial office and improving those efforts that already exist.


Williams knows what it's like to be the one weeping after a loss. She put her right hand on Yastremska's shoulder and consoled her by saying, "You're so young. You did amazing. Don't cry." Then they embraced, and Williams patted Yastremska on the back.
"I could tell she was quite upset. I kind of liked that. It shows she wasn't just there to play a good match — she was there to win. She wanted to win. That really broke my heart," Williams said. "I think she's a good talent. It's good to see that attitude."
Next up, though, is a far more accomplished player, No. 1-ranked Simona Halep, who took control by reeling off six consecutive games in one stretch and advanced by beating Williams' sister, Venus, 6-2, 6-3.
"She played pretty flawless," said Venus, who exits before the fourth round at a fifth consecutive Grand Slam tournament.
Looking ahead, Halep said: "It's going to be a bigger challenge. I am ready to face it."
She's lost eight of her past nine matches against Serena.
"I don't know if Serena needs my help or not," Venus said. "If she does, I'll be there."
Not only has Serena won every set she played this week — and 20 in a row at Melbourne Park, dating to the start of her 2017 run to the title (she sat out last year's tournament after having a baby) — but Williams has ceded a total of only nine games through three victories.
Unlike any of Serena's foes until now, Halep has won a major title, last year's French Open. She's been to three other Grand Slam finals, including a year ago at the Australian Open.
As for the prospect of playing the Williams sisters in back-to-back matches, Halep called it "the toughest draw I've ever had."
"I just want to try to play my best tennis," Halep said, "because I have nothing to lose."
Other women's fourth-rounders set up for Monday: Naomi Osaka, the woman who beat Serena in last year's chaotic U.S. Open final, against No. 13 Anastasija Sevastova; 2017 U.S. Open runner-up Madison Keys against No. 6 Elina Svitolina; and two-time major champion Garbine Muguruza against 2016 U.S. Open runner-up Karolina Pliskova, who beat No. 27 seed Camila Giorgi 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 on Saturday night.
Men's matchups Monday with a quarterfinal berth at stake will be: No. 1 Novak Djokovic against No. 15 Daniil Medvedev; No. 4 Alexander Zverev against 2016 Wimbledon finalist Milos Raonic; 2014 U.S. Open finalist Kei Nishikori against No. 23 Pablo Carreno-Busta; and No. 11 Borna Coric against No. 28 Lucas Pouille, who eliminated 19-year-old Australian wild-card entry Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-7 (10), 4-6, 6-3.
"She said, like, 'You're young, you're very good and you will be a good player in the future.' It's nice to hear those words from a legend," said the 57th-ranked Yastremska, who eliminated 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur in the first round and 23rd-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro in the second.
"If she thinks so," Yastremska added about Williams, "then maybe that's true."
It didn't get much better in the second set, and Serena wound up with eight aces while facing zero break points, and a 20-13 ratio of winners to unforced errors.
Yastremska was born in 2000, the year after Serena won her initial major, and grew up cheering for someone she calls "a legend." Yastremska recalls swinging her racket in the living room at home while watching on TV at age 8 as her favorite player competed.
"Everything. Small details. Her discipline. Her quality of the shots. How (committed) she is to every ball," Yastremska said. "She (is) completely different. I don't know how to describe that. It's just there's something special. What I'm trying to do is to go to the level that people are going to talk about me the same, that I have something special."


Hunt Valley, Maryland (26 March 2019)—EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., PBC (EA), a leading provider of interdisciplinary environmental services, announced today that it has been named Best Performer: North America in the 2019 EcoVadis Sustainability Leadership Awards in the category of Small to Medium Enterprise. The award was announced during a ceremony held at the EcoVadis Sustain 2019 Conference in Paris on 11 March.
EcoVadis is a globally recognized independent third-party consultancy that evaluates supply chain environmental and social performance to benchmark, monitor, and continuously improve sustainability and sustainable procurement as part of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs. Celebrating best-in-class sustainably responsible business performance in six global geographic regions, the Sustainability Leadership Awards are presented to suppliers that have partnered with EcoVadis. In 2018, EA's CSR Program earned a Gold rating from EcoVadis as a result of our commitment to continuous improvement and the dedication of EA employees to company-wide sustainability and CSR initiatives.
EcoVadis is the world's most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence, and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. Backed by a powerful technology platform and a global team of domain experts, EcoVadis' easy-to-use and actionable sustainability scorecards provide detailed insight into environmental, social, and ethical risks across 198 purchasing categories and 155 countries. Industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, L'Oréal, Subway, Nestlé, Salesforce, Michelin, and BASF are among the more than 55,000 businesses on the EcoVadis network, all working with a single methodology to assess, collaborate, and improve sustainability performance in order to protect their brands, foster transparency and innovation, and accelerate growth. Learn more at ecovadis.com, or on Twitter and LinkedIn.


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Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories (Paperback)
By Hisaye Yamamoto, King-Kok Cheung (Introduction by)
Paperback (March 1st, 1994): $26.95
Paperback (October 1st, 1998): $14.00
Paperback (September 1st, 1988): $11.95
Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories brings together nineteen stories that span Hisaye Yamamoto's forty-year career. It was her first book to be published in the United States. Yamamoto's themes include the cultural conflicts between the first generation, the Issei, and their children, the Nisei; coping with prejudice; and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans.
In addition to the contents of the original volume, this edition brings back into print the following works:
- Death Rides the Rails to Poston
- Eucalyptus
- A Fire in Fontana
- Florentine Gardens
HISAYE YAMAMOTO received the 1986 American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Before Columbus Foundation. Seventeen Syllables received the 1988 Award for Literature from the Association for Asian American Studies.
These remarkable stories are written with the proportion and craft of the mastersùthere are hints of Chekhov, Elizabeth Bowen, Katherine Mansfield, and Grace Paley. . . . Each of the fifteen short stories, written with the economy of haiku, is a treasure.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Fiction / Cultural Heritage
History / United States / 20th Century
Literary Criticism / American / Asian American
Fiction / Short Stories (single author)
Literary Collections / American
Social Science / Women's Studies


Harriet Cecilia Burns, age 65 of Gaylord, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005. She was born Jan. 23, 1940 to Charles and Agnes Marie Rohrbacher in Dover, Ohio.
She was a partner and co-founder of Burns Electric Plumbing & Heating, and in recent years had returned to Purchases Sales as the administrative assistant. Harriet was very active in the Gaylord Women's Bowling Association and was a member of the Women's Bowling Conference Hall of Fame. She was a past recipient of the Gaylord/Otsego County Chamber of Commerce's 'You Made it Happen' award and had been honored by the Gaylord Zonta Club as Zontian of the Year.
Harriet cherished her granddaughters Katie and Allison and will be dearly missed by her special friend Don.
She was preceded in death by her siblings, Charles Rohrbacher and Charlene Scarlatelli and her parents. She is survived by her daughter Sherrie (David) Schuster; grandchildren, Kathryn, Allison and James; and her special friend Don Gapinski.
Funeral services will be held today (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. from St. Mary Cathedral, the Rev. John McCracken officiating. Burial will take place at Fairview Cemetery.
Visitation at the Nelson Funeral Home in Gaylord was held on Monday from 5 until 8 p.m., Tuesday from 2 to 8 p.m., and at the church today beginning at 10 a.m. An Altar Rosary Society rosary was offered on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Cathedral School through the Nelson Funeral Home, PO Box 1548, Gaylord MI 49734.


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Q: TFS checkin problem after a couple of directories renames & file moves I get following error from TFS now when I try to checkin my entire solution.

TF203057: Cannot check in the rename
  change for folder $/XXX because there
  are files or folders in this folder
  with pending rename or delete changes.
  You must check in the rename and
  delete changes together. No files
  checked in.

Of course I am checking in everything together. I cannot checkin even a single unrelated file now cause it still fires this I am unable to find a page with such TF error.
What can be done to get TFS to checkin ?
I tried to checkout whole project, but it didnt help. Now its whole on checkout by me ..

A: Hmm actually it wasn't working when checked in from solution view. When I went to team explorer and checked in from source code panel there it worked fine. Ill leave this cause it appears it will be the first time that error is mentioned.

A: I have encountered this issue after moving source code to different directory in TFS. I was not able to check-in the pending files in the newly moved directory. The below approach worked for me:

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*Exclude all the files that has pending changes.

*Checked in only renamed folder from the Source Control.

*Take Latest.

*Include all pending changes.

*Checked in pending changes.
This worked perfectly for me.

A: I just ran into a similar issue and got it resolved by checking the changes in from within 'Source Control Explorer' instead of 'Solution Explorer'.
My scenario: With VS2013, I tried to check-in changes from within 'Solution Explorer' after I had dragged and dropped folders and files from one checked-in project to another in the same solution. I received the same error as the original poster for hundreds of files. I opened 'Source Control Explorer' and checked in from there. I received a different warning message about conflicts which I ignored and was able to check-in.

A: Expect to see this warning message when you are trying to modify files that have already been locked as part of a previous edit. Best way around is to get the latest on the branch and resolve any pending conflicts locally before reattempting to check in.

A: I attempted to rename a folder, this caused the error mentioned above. The only resolution I found was to keep the old folder name and create a new folder then copy its content. I checked that in then deleted the old folder and checked that in. Apparently just doing a rename is too complicated for TFS to resolve.

A: I got this error when using VS2013, from Source Control Explorer panel.  I resolved this issue by turning off VS debugger in a separate VS2013 instance.
I often run with multiple instances of VS2013 running.

A: I got a similar message in VS2012.  I got the error using Team Explorer, not Solution Explorer.
We use folders in our projects to represent namespaces, and an object moved namespaces, and thus moved folders, generating the error.
My fix was to:

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*"scope" a check in to just the Project file first

*and then I was able to check in the source files in their new folder locations.

Edward Thomson's comment pointed me in the right direction, much thanks!

A: Ran into the same issue.
This is what worked for me.

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*Checked in renamed folder from the Solution Explorer

*Excluded renamed folder from Pending Changes in Team Explorer

*Checked in other pending changes

*Got latest

*Included renamed folder back into Pending Changes

*Checked in renamed folder

Great success!

A: This is weird so I want to give a short answer for passers by and a long answer for those who are interested.
Short Answer: Try changing the View Options in Pending Changes to 'Show All' and see if your rename change appears.
Long Answer: This issue has been bugging me recently and I found that the issue was with the view options in the team explorer (pending changes) panel. If I selected 'Show Solution Changes' then the rename (or folder move in my case but same error) did not show in the included changes section (while the changes to the child files did, hence the error). If I changed the view opens to 'Show All' then I could see the rename change and was able to check in. So for me, this was caused by a bug in the TFS VS integration. This was confirmed as a bug by an MSFT 12 years ago (if you can believe it) here on msdn.
I hope this helps.

A: Confirmed, this an unfixed bug inside Visual Studio 2010 TFS.
To fix it check in via the 'Team Explorer' Menu as opposed to the Solution Explorer and the incorrect display error will not appear.

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Lunchtime News Tuesday July 20th 2021
State Council-The French state council has recommended that the new health pass should not be required to be shown before people are allowed into large shopping centres.
The council says that it's concerned that people will not be able to purchase "essential supplies" if they're denied access to shopping centres.
The council in consultation with President Macron and senior government ministers has also said that the fine for a first offence of not producing a health pass where required by law will be reduced from 9,000 to 1,000 euros.
However in the event of someone breaking the health pass law 4 times in a period of 30 days ,a fine of 9,000 euros can be imposed and a one year jail term.
Up and down-The popularity of President Macron has continued to fall although more people have said that he's handling the coronavirus pandemic well.
A new poll carried out by Oxada-Dentsu Consulting for France Inter and the regional press shows Mr Macron's approval rating at 39 percent-down two points on the previous poll.
However ,42 percent of French people judge that the President has acted positively to control the spread of coronavirus.
Mr Macron's personal image is still not good in the eyes of voters with 71 percent judging him as a "President for the rich".
Among other French political figures ,the former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe remains the most popular with a 47 percent approval rating followed by Roselyne Bachelot on 39 percent and the Health Minister Olivier Veran on 31 percent.
The leader of the far right RN party Marine le Pen polls only a 28 percent approval rating.
St Laurent fire-Firefighters have been battling to control a fire that broke out in a house on the seafront in Saint Laurent du Var last night.
7 fire trucks were called to the scene at around 9pm after flames were seen coming from the house which is divided into four separate flats.
30 firefighters eventually managed to put out the fire which is thought to have started in an unoccupied part of the house.Two families with children have been placed in emergency accommodation.
Still no swimming-Beaches in Saint Laurent du Var are still closed following last week's fire at a water treatment plant.
The closure is frustrating especially with the current hot weather but authorities say that swimming is still not safe owing to the presence of potentially dangerous bacteria in the water.
The water treatment plant fire was given as the initial reason for closing the beaches but it now appears that the pollution may have come down the Var river following recent bad weather in the mountains.


This pigweed that originated in the desert can survive and thrive in Northern climates.
As if North Dakota farmers didn't have enough bad news this year with soybean tariffs and an October snowfall, here's another one. Palmer amaranth has now surfaced in five North Dakota counties.
The aggressive and hard-to-control pigweed family member first was found in a row-crop field in McIntosh County this summer. Since then, it's been confirmed in Benson, Dickey, Foster, and Richland counties. Plants in two counties were confirmed through laboratory analysis, and North Dakota State University (NDSU) Extension specialists confirmed the plants as Palmer amaranth in the other two counties.
An alternative out-of-state feed source.
Grain cleaned out of railroad cars.
Native seed mixes used for pollinator or wildlife habitats.
Because Palmer amaranth resembles other pigweeds, it can be difficult to identify. Once someone contacts Extension about suspected Palmer amaranth, an Extension agent or specialist, or both, visit the field and investigate to determine what it is. If necessary, they also send samples to the University of Illinois Plant Clinic for DNA testing. Lab results take about two weeks. Here's how producers, landowners, and others can learn more about Palmer amaranth and how to spot it through a website developed by NDSU Extension.
One way to distinguish it from other pigweeds is its leaf stem, or petiole. Palmer amaranth's petiole is as long as or longer than the leaf blade. Another clue is the female plant has spiny bracts that are bristly to the touch in the leaf axils and seed head. The seed heads can grow up to 2 feet long.
Anyone who sees a plant that may be Palmer amaranth should contact a local NDSU Extension agent as soon as possible.
Palmer amaranth poses a serious threat to crops in North Dakota and other states because it can grow 2 to 3 inches per day in optimal conditions and reach a height of 6 to 8 feet. A single plant can produce up to 1 million seeds. Especially heavy infestations have reduced yield up to 79% in soybeans and 91% in corn in other states. Unlike other annual weeds that need to be controlled only through early summer, Palmer amaranth emerges throughout the growing season.
The weed originated in the desert region of the southwestern U.S. (New Mexico and Arizona) and northern Mexico. After that, it spread to the Mississippi Delta before invading other states, including Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and South Dakota.


Universities and TAFE colleges across Australia are currently preparing for their next influx of media, journalism, communications and PR students. If this is about to be you – there are thousands of young people just like you about to try and make their mark on one of the most competitive industries out there.
If you want a serious chance at getting anywhere in the media industry – you need to start preparing yourself now. As a media educator I support thousands of young people with an interest in a media career each year. Here are some of my tips for getting ahead of the thousands of others about to start on the same path.


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Q: Different descriptions of the Baumslag-Solitar groups using affine groups On page 101 of this paper of Laurent Bartholdi (which is an online documentation of the FR package for GAP which allows GAP to manipulate groups generated by automata) he gives a different description of the Baumslag-Solitar group
gap> A := FRAffineGroup(1,Integers,3);
<self-similar group over [ 1 .. 3 ]>
gap> f := Correspondence(A);
MappingByFunction( ( Integers^[ 2, 2 ] ), <self-similar group over [ 1 .. 3 ]>,
function( mat ) ... end )
gap> BaumslagSolitar := Group([[2,0],[0,1]]^f,[[1,0],[1,1]]^f);
<self-similar group over [ 1 .. 3 ] with 2 generators>"

This description of the Baumslag-Solitar group is quite unusual. How can I relate this definition of Bartholdi with the classical one? I didn't also find anything relevant about the relation between affine groups and Baumslag-Solitar groups. Bartholdi states thatt the group $\mathbb{Z}[1/2]\rtimes_2\mathbb{Z}$ is the Baumslag Solitar described by the above GAP procedure. Why? What means the $\rtimes_2$? I have always seen a Baumslag-Solitar group as this $$BS(1,m)=\langle a,b| bab^{-1}=a^m\rangle.$$

A: These Baumslag-Solitar groups BS(1,m) are linear: view a=[1,1;0,1] and b=[m,0;0,1].
Finitely generated linear groups can be represented using finite automata, rather than matrices. Explicit automata are described in
http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603032
and they are those that are implemented in GAP.


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Jose Aldo has been the king of the featherweight division for five years. Everyone, from WEC staples like Urijah Faber and Mike Brown to former UFC lightweights Frankie Edgar and Kenny Florian, has tried to wrestle the belt from his grasp, but Aldo has defended his gold in nine straight bouts. This is divisional domination rivaling the epic reigns of Anderson Silva and Georges St-Pierre, and much like those two former champions, Aldo has occasionally made it difficult for the UFC to find a challenger he hasn't beaten before. After Aldo took out Mendes, the 145-pound division is once again waiting for a clear-cut contender to emerge as Aldo's next test. The next month should help to identify who that fighter is going to be.
Fights like Aldo's most recent title defense against Chad Mendes remind us why Aldo has a strong case for being the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. Matched up against Mendes for the second time at UFC 179, Aldo couldn't have had a more dangerous version of "Money" standing across from him last month. Embarrassed and motivated after a heartbreaking first-round knockout loss to Aldo two years prior, Mendes used a five-fight winning streak to prove he had taken his striking game to the next level for his eventual rematch with Aldo. The difference in Mendes's approach and technique on the feet was apparent soon after his training with Duane "Bang" Ludwig started, and he made sure to get his point across by finishing four of those five opponents. Factor in the natural wrestling skills that made Mendes such an interesting opponent for Aldo in the first place, and "Money" was going to force the best out of Aldo the second time they fought.
What Mendes found out is that Aldo at his best is an extremely difficult test for anyone in the featherweight division. Far from outclassed, Mendes pushed Aldo harder and further than we've ever seen the 145-pound champion pushed before, but Aldo was seemingly always one big punch or kick ahead of the Team Alpha Male veteran on the scorecards. Mendes was able to shake some of Aldo's invincibility by becoming the first man to both knock down and take down the featherweight champion, but he was met with perhaps the most devastating version of the champion we've ever seen. While the incredible fight between the two is likely going to be mentioned among the best bouts of the year when 2014 rolls to a close, the fact that Aldo was able to handily defeat the fighter leaves the lingering question of who can possibly defeat the champion.
The popular answer to that question is Irish sensation Conor McGregor, who has gone from a relatively obscure European featherweight to one of the UFC's most popular fighters in the span of four UFC fights. With a tongue that grabs enough headlines to impress Chael Sonnen, McGregor talked his way into the top 10 of the division while sitting on the sidelines for much of the past year with an injury. Then he used his hands to back up his mouth with an emphatic knockout win over top-five contender Dustin Poirier in his return this September. Now sitting comfortably in the top five with the entire MMA world anxiously awaiting a potential title fight with Aldo, McGregor is set to fight longtime veteran Dennis Siver this January in front of what's sure to be a partisan Boston crowd. While a quick McGregor win over Siver (and a clean bill of health once that fight is in the books) would likely lead to "Notorious" getting the next shot at Aldo, that's a lot for the UFC to bank on.
Another problem with giving McGregor the next title fight is that, at least on paper, two more worthy contenders who fight later this month should probably be duking it out for the opportunity to get revenge against Aldo next year. When Frankie Edgar and Cub Swanson go head-to-head at UFC Fight Night 57 in a few weeks, there's little doubt that both men will walk into the cage believing that a win will be enough to earn them a shot at the strap. Edgar may only be on a two-fight winning streak since losing to Aldo in early 2013, but his destruction of an admittedly lackadaisical version of B.J. Penn this summer and a win over the surging Swanson would already be more impressive than the quartet of wins McGregor possesses over the likes of Marcus Brimage, Max Holloway, Diego Brandao and the aforementioned Poirier. Adding to Edgar's case is the fair bit of success he had against the champion in their first fight. A small collection of fans actually thought "The Answer" had solved the Aldo puzzle at featherweight.
As for Swanson, he's likely wondering how he hasn't gotten a title fight yet. Currently riding a six-fight winning streak that's featured mostly bonus-winning performances and fireworks, Swanson has been waiting five years to try to avenge an eight-second TKO loss to the champion in the WEC. However, despite Swanson's winning ways, he hasn't been given the opportunity yet. With four finishes during his current stretch and a pair of "Fight of the Night" awards under his belt, Swanson is exactly the type of fighter the UFC loves to showcase. If his winning streak reaches seven, especially with that seventh name being Edgar, it's going to be impossible for the UFC to validate giving anyone else the next crack at Aldo.
In the case of Edgar and Swanson, the winner of their fight deserves a rematch with the champ. However, if the UFC is intent on finding a contender that hasn't stepped in front of Aldo before, the company could get its wish if Dennis Bermudez is able to pull off his eighth straight win over former title challenger Ricardo Lamas later this month. Although his resume isn't littered with the same quality of names as the resumes of Edgar and Swanson, the former The Ultimate Fighter 14 cast member has been on fire since coming up short in the show's finale in late 2011, firing off a huge winning streak and finishing the incredibly tough Clay Guida in his last bout. A win over a legitimate top-five featherweight like Lamas would go a long way toward solidifying Bermudez's spot as a long-term contender at 145 pounds. Although he doesn't possess the name value of the other men vying for a title shot, his winning streak alone would make him a credible worst-case scenario if the rest of Aldo's contenders become unavailable.
The Aldo that showed up to fight at UFC 179 was more dangerous than any other version we've seen since before Aldo won the belt. Mendes was able to stand toe-to-toe with arguably the best fighter in the world for five rounds. Other versions of Aldo that we've seen haven't quite looked so unbeatable. Whether it was Aldo gassing out against Mark Hominick or the champ's willingness to stick and move against guys like Faber or Lamas instead of finishing the fight, Aldo has proven he isn't always the destructive machine he was against "Money" last month.
Between McGregor and the winners of the Edgar/Swanson and Bermudez/Lamas fights, Aldo should begin the 2015 calendar year with a solid trifecta of challengers lined up to try to knock him off his throne. With as much talent and momentum as exists in the guys waiting in line for him, it's safe to say Aldo's going to have to continue to bring his "A" game in order to hold on to his belt.
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La Luna posee importantes recursos naturales que podrían ser explotados en el futuro. Los recursos lunares potenciales pueden abarcar materiales procesables como volátiles y Minerales, junto con estructuras geológicas como tubos de lava que, juntos, podrían favorecer la colonización de la Luna. El uso de recursos en la Luna puede proporcionar un medio para reducir el costo y el riesgo de la exploración lunar y más allá. Los conocimientos sobre los recursos lunares obtenidos de las misiones de órbita y retorno de muestras han mejorado en gran medida la comprensión del potencial para la utilización de recursos in situ (ISRU) en la Luna, pero ese conocimiento aún no es suficiente para justificar completamente el compromiso de grandes recursos financieros para implementar una campaña basada en ISRU. La determinación de la disponibilidad de recursos impulsará la selección de sitios para asentamientos humanos.

Descripción general
Los materiales lunares podrían facilitar la exploración continua de la Luna misma, facilitar la actividad científica y económica en las cercanías de la Tierra y la Luna (el llamado espacio cislunar), o podrían importarse a la superficie de la Tierra, donde contribuirían directamente a la economía global. El regolito (suelo lunar) es el producto más fácil de obtener; Puede proporcionar protección contra la radiación solar y los micrometeoroides, así como también materiales de construcción y pavimentación mediante fundición. El oxígeno de los óxidos de regolito lunar puede ser una fuente de oxígeno metabólico y oxidante propulsor de cohetes. El hielo  puede proporcionar agua para blindaje contra la radiación, soporte vital, oxígeno respirable y materia prima para propulsores de cohetes. Volátiles de cráteres permanentemente sombreados puede proporcionar metano (CH44), amoníaco (NH3), dióxido de carbono (CO2) y monóxido de carbono (CO). Los metales y otros elementos para la industria local pueden obtenerse de los diversos minerales encontrados en el regolito.

Se sabe que la Luna es pobre en carbono y nitrógeno, y rica en metales y en oxígeno atómico, pero su distribución y concentraciones aún se desconocen. La exploración lunar adicional revelará concentraciones adicionales de materiales útiles, y si estos serán económicamente explotables o no dependerá del valor que se les asigne y de la energía y la infraestructura disponibles para respaldar su extracción. Para que la utilización de recursos in situ se aplique con éxito en la Luna, la selección del sitio de aterrizaje es imprescindible, así como la identificación de operaciones y tecnologías de superficie adecuadas. La exploración desde la órbita lunar por algunas agencias espaciales está en curso, y los módulos de aterrizaje y rovers están explorando recursos y concentraciones in situ (ver: Lista de misiones a la Luna).

Recursos

La energía solar, el oxígeno y los metales son recursos abundantes en la Luna. Los elementos que se sabe que están presentes en la superficie lunar incluyen, entre otros, hidrógeno (H), oxígeno (O), silicio (Si), hierro (Fe), magnesio (Mg), calcio ( Ca), aluminio (Al), manganeso (Mn) y titanio (Ti). Entre los más abundantes están el oxígeno, el hierro y el silicio. El contenido de oxígeno atómico en el regolito se estima en 45% en peso.

Energía solar
El día en la Luna dura aproximadamente dos semanas, seguidas de otras dos semanas de noche, mientras que los polos reciben luz casi permanente. El polo sur presenta una región con bordes de cráter expuestos a una iluminación solar casi constante, sin embargo, el interior de estos está permanentemente en la sombra y retiene cantidades significativas de hielo de agua lunar en su interior. Al ubicar una instalación de procesamiento de recursos lunares cerca del polo sur lunar, la energía eléctrica generada por la energía solar permitiría una operación casi constante cerca de las fuentes de hielo de agua.

Las celdas solares podrían fabricarse directamente en el suelo lunar mediante un rover de tamaño mediano (~ 200 kg) con la capacidad de calentar el regolito, la evaporación de los materiales semiconductores apropiados para la estructura de la célula solar directamente sobre el sustrato del regolito y la deposición de metal. contactos e interconexiones para terminar un conjunto completo de células solares. El sistema de fisión nuclear de Kilopower se está desarrollando para la generación confiable de energía eléctrica que podría permitir bases tripuladas de larga duración en la Luna, Marte y destinos más lejanos. Este sistema es ideal para ubicaciones en la Luna y Marte donde la generación de energía a partir de la luz solar es intermitente.

Oxígeno
El contenido de oxígeno elemental en el regolito se estima en 45% en peso. El oxígeno a menudo se encuentra en minerales lunares ricos en hierro y vidrios como óxido de hierro. Al menos, se han descrito veinte procesos posibles diferentes para extraer oxígeno del regolito lunar, y todos requieren un alto aporte de energía: entre 2-4 megavatios-años de energía (es decir, 6-12 × 1013J ) para producir 1000 toneladas de oxígeno. Si bien la extracción de oxígeno de los óxidos metálicos también produce metales útiles, el uso de agua como materia prima no lo hace.

Agua

La evidencia acumulada de varios orbitadores indica la presencia de hielo de agua en la superficie de los polos, principalmente en la región del polo sur. Sin embargo, los resultados de estos conjuntos de datos no siempre están correlacionados. Se ha determinado que el área acumulada de la superficie lunar permanentemente sombreada es 13,361 km 2 en el hemisferio norte y 17,698 km 2 en el hemisferio sur, dando un área total de 31,059 km 2. Actualmente se desconoce hasta qué punto alguna o todas estas áreas permanentemente en sombra contienen hielo de agua y otros volátiles, por lo que se necesitan más datos sobre los depósitos de hielo lunar, su distribución, concentración, cantidad, disposición, profundidad, propiedades geotécnicas y cualquier otra característica necesaria para diseñar y desarrollar sistemas de extracción y procesamiento. Se monitoreó el impacto intencional del orbitador LCROSS en el cráter Cabeus para analizar la columna de escombros resultante, y se concluyó que el hielo de agua debe tener la forma de piezas pequeñas (<~ 10 cm) y discretas de hielo distribuido por todo el regolito, o como una fina capa sobre los granos de hielo. Esto, junto con las observaciones de radar monostático, sugiere que es poco probable que el hielo presente en estas regiones esté en forma de casquetes gruesos.

El agua puede haber llegado a la Luna en escalas de tiempo geológicas por el bombardeo regular de cometas, asteroides y meteoroides portadores de agua, o producida continuamente in situ por los iones de hidrógeno (protones) del viento solar que impactan la superficie e interactúan con minerales que contienen oxígeno.

El polo sur lunar presenta una región con bordes de cráteres expuestos a una iluminación solar casi constante, donde el interior de los cráteres está permanentemente a la sombra, lo que permite la captura natural y la recolección de hielo de agua que podría extraerse en el futuro.

Moléculas de agua (H2O) se puede descomponer en sus elementos; hidrógeno y oxígeno, y formar hidrógeno molecular (H2) y oxígeno molecular (O2) para ser utilizado como propulsor de cohetes o producir compuestos para procesos de producción química y metalúrgica. Solo la producción de propulsor, fue estimada por un panel conjunto de expertos de la industria, el gobierno y académicos, identificó una demanda anual a corto plazo de 450 toneladas métricas de propulsor derivado de la luna que equivale a 2.450 toneladas métricas de agua lunar procesada, generando US $ 2.4 mil millones de ingresos anuales.

Metales

Hierro
Es abundante en los basaltos (~ 14-17% por peso), pero en su mayoría está bloqueado en minerales de silicato (es decir, piroxeno y olivino) y en el mineral de óxido ilmenita en las tierras bajas. La extracción requeriría bastante energía, pero se sospecha que algunas anomalías magnéticas lunares prominentes se deben a restos meteoríticos ricos en hierro que sobreviven. Solo una mayor exploración in situ determinará si esta interpretación es correcta o no, y cuán explotables pueden ser esos restos.

El hierro libre también existe en el regolito (0,5% en peso) naturalmente aleado con níquel y cobalto y se puede extraer fácilmente mediante simples imanes después de la molienda. Este polvo de hierro se puede procesar para fabricar piezas utilizando técnicas de pulvimetalurgia como fabricación aditiva, impresión 3D, sinterización selectiva por láser (SLS), fusión selectiva por láser (SLM) y fusión por haz de electrones (EBM).

Titanio
Se puede alear con hierro, aluminio, vanadio y molibdeno , entre otros elementos, para producir aleaciones resistentes y ligeras para la industria aeroespacial. Existe casi en su totalidad en el mineral ilmenita (FeTiO 3) en el rango de 5-8% en peso. Los minerales de ilmenita también atrapan hidrógeno (protones) del viento solar , por lo que el procesamiento de la ilmenita también produciría hidrógeno, otro elemento de gran valor. Los vastos basaltos de inundación en el lado noroeste cercano (Mare Tranquillitatis) poseen algunos de los contenidos de titanio más altos en la Luna, albergando hasta 10 veces más titanio que las rocas de la Tierra.

Aluminio
Se encuentra en una concentración en el rango de 10-18% en peso, presente en un mineral llamado anortita, el miembro terminal de calcio de la serie de minerales plagioclasa feldespato. El aluminio es un buen conductor eléctrico y el polvo de aluminio atomizado también es un buen combustible sólido para cohetes cuando se quema con oxígeno. La extracción de aluminio también requeriría descomponer la plagioclasa.

Silicio

Es un metaloide abundante en todo el material lunar, con una concentración de aproximadamente el 20% en peso. Es de enorme importancia producir matrices de paneles solares para la conversión de la luz solar en electricidad, así como vidrio, fibra de vidrio y una variedad de cerámicas útiles. Lograr una pureza muy alta para su uso como semiconductor sería un desafío, especialmente en el entorno lunar.

Calcio

Es el cuarto elemento más abundante en las tierras altas lunares, presente en minerales de anortita (fórmula CaAl2Si2O8). Los óxidos de calcio y los silicatos de calcio no solo son útiles para materiales cerámicos, sino que en su forma metálica es maleable y un excelente conductor eléctrico en ausencia de oxígeno. La anortita es relativamente escasa en la Tierra, pero abundante en la Luna.
El calcio también se puede utilizar para fabricar células solares a base de silicio, que también requieren hierro, óxido de titanio y aluminio.

Magnesio
Está presente en los magmas y en los minerales piroxeno y olivino, por lo que se sospecha que es más abundante en la corteza lunar inferior. El magnesio tiene múltiples usos como aleaciones para la industria aeroespacial, automotor y electrónica.

Tierras raras
Los elementos de tierras raras se utilizan para fabricar de todo, desde vehículos eléctricos o híbridos, turbinas eólicas , dispositivos electrónicos y tecnologías de energía renovable. A pesar de su nombre, los elementos de tierras raras son, con la excepción del prometio, relativamente abundantes en la corteza terrestre. Sin embargo, debido a sus propiedades geoquímicas, suelen estar muy dispersos en vez de estar concentrados en minerales; como resultado, los depósitos de mineral económicamente explotables son menos comunes. Existen importantes reservas en China, California, India, Brasil, Australia, Sudáfrica y Malasia, siendo China la que aporta más del 95% de la producción mundial de estos minerales.

Aunque la evidencia actual sugiere que los elementos de tierras raras son menos abundantes en la Luna que en la Tierra, la NASA ve la extracción de minerales de tierras raras como un recurso lunar viable porque exhiben una amplia gama de elementos ópticos, eléctricos y de importancia industrial, propiedades magnéticas y catalíticas.

Helio-3
Según estimaciones, el viento solar ha depositado más de 1 millón de toneladas de helio-3 (3He) en la superficie de la Luna. La capa superficial de la Luna contiene helio-3 en concentraciones estimadas entre 1.4 y 15 partes por mil millones en áreas iluminadas por el sol, y pueden contener concentraciones de hasta 50 ppb en regiones permanentemente a la sombra. A modo de comparación, el helio-3 se produce en la atmósfera terrestre a 7,2 partes por billón.

Varias personas desde 1986 han propuesto explotar el regolito lunar y utilizar el helio-3 en fusión nuclear, aunque ha habido reactores experimentales de fusión nuclear en funcionamiento durante décadas, ninguno de ellos ha suministrado electricidad a nivel comercial. Debido a las bajas concentraciones de helio-3, cualquier equipo de minería necesitaría procesar cantidades extremadamente grandes de regolito. Según una estimación, se deben procesar más de 150 toneladas de regolito para obtener 1 gramo (0.035 oz) de helio 3. China ha comenzado el Programa Chino de Exploración Lunar. para explorar la Luna y está investigando la posibilidad de la minería lunar, específicamente buscando el isótopo helio-3 para usarlo como fuente de energía en la Tierra. No todos los autores piensan que la extracción extraterrestre de helio-3 es factible, e incluso si fuera posible extraer helio-3 de la Luna, ningún diseño de reactor de fusión ha producido más potencia de fusión que la entrada de energía eléctrica, contradiciendo el propósito. Otro inconveniente es que es un recurso limitado que puede agotarse una vez extraído.

Carbono y nitrógeno
El carbono sería necesario para la producción de acero, estando presente en el regolito lunar en trazas (82 ppm), aportadas por el viento solar y los impactos de los micrometeoritos.

El nitrógeno se midió a partir de muestras de suelo traídas de regreso a la Tierra, y existe como trazas de menos de 5 ppm. Se encontró como isótopos 14N, 15N y 16N. El carbono y el nitrógeno fijo serían necesarios para las actividades agrícolas dentro de una biosfera sellada.

Regolito para la construcción

El desarrollo de una economía lunar requerirá una cantidad significativa de infraestructura, que dependerá en gran medida de las tecnologías de utilización de recursos in situ para desarrollarse. Uno de los requisitos principales será proporcionar materiales de construcción para construir hábitats, contenedores de almacenamiento, pistas de aterrizaje, carreteras y demás. El suelo lunar sin procesar, también llamado regolito, puede convertirse en componentes estructurales utilizables, mediante técnicas como sinterización, prensado en caliente, licuación, el método de basalto fundido, e Impresión 3D. El vidrio y la fibra de vidrio son fáciles de procesar en la Luna, y se descubrió que la resistencia del material de regolito se puede mejorar drásticamente mediante el uso de fibra de vidrio, como una mezcla de 70% de fibra de vidrio de basalto y 30% de PET. Se han realizado pruebas exitosas en la Tierra utilizando algunos simuladores de regolitos lunares, incluidos MLS-1 y MLS-2.

El suelo lunar, aunque plantea un problema para las partes mecánicas móviles, se puede mezclar con nanotubos de carbono y epoxis en la fabricación de espejos telescópicos de hasta 50 metros de diámetro. Varios cráteres cerca de los polos están permanentemente oscuros y fríos, un ambiente favorable para los telescopios infrarrojos.

Algunas propuestas sugieren construir una base lunar en la superficie utilizando módulos traídos de la Tierra y cubriéndolos con suelo lunar. El cual está compuesto por una mezcla de sílice y compuestos que contienen hierro que pueden fusionarse en un sólido similar al vidrio mediante radiación de microondas.

La Agencia Espacial Europea, que trabajó en 2013 con un estudio de arquitectura independiente, probó una estructura impresa en 3D que podría construirse con regolito lunar para su uso como base lunar. El suelo lunar impreso en 3D proporcionaría "aislamiento tanto de radiación como de temperatura. En el interior, un inflable ligero presurizado con la misma forma de cúpula sería el entorno de vida de los primeros pobladores lunares humanos".

A principios de 2014, la NASA financió un pequeño estudio en la Universidad del Sur de California para desarrollar aún más la técnica de impresión 3D Contour Crafting. Las aplicaciones potenciales de esta tecnología incluyen la construcción de estructuras de un material que podría consistir en hasta un 90% de material lunar con solo el 10% del material requerido proveniente de la Tierra. La NASA también está estudiando una técnica diferente que implicaría la sinterización del polvo lunar. Utilizando radiación de microondas de baja potencia (1500 vatios). El material lunar se aglomeraría al calentarlo a unos 1.200 - 1.500 °C, algo por debajo del punto de fusión, para fusionar el polvo de nanopartículas en un bloque sólido similar a la cerámica, y no requeriría el transporte de un material aglutinante desde la Tierra.

Minería

Existen varios modelos y propuestas sobre cómo explotar los recursos lunares, pero pocos de ellos consideran la sostenibilidad. Se requiere una planificación a largo plazo para lograr la sostenibilidad y garantizar que las generaciones futuras no se enfrenten a un páramo lunar estéril como resultado de prácticas desenfrenadas. La sostenibilidad ambiental lunar también debe adoptar procesos que no utilicen ni produzcan material tóxico, y deben minimizar los residuos mediante ciclos de reciclaje.

Exploración
Varios orbitadores han mapeado la composición de la superficie lunar, incluidos Clementine, LRO, LCROSS, Artemis, SELENE, Lunar Prospector, Chandrayaan y Chang'e 1, por nombrar algunos, mientras que el programa soviético Luna y el programa Apolo trajeron muestras lunares a la Tierra para análisis exhaustivos. Desde 2019, se está llevando a cabo una nueva "carrera lunar" que incluye la prospección de recursos lunares para apoyar las bases tripuladas.

En el siglo XXI, China ha tomado la delantera con el Programa de Exploración Lunar chino, que está ejecutando un enfoque ambicioso y escalonado para el desarrollo de tecnología incremental y la búsqueda de recursos para una base tripulada, proyectada para la década de 2030. El programa Chandrayaan de la India se centra en comprender primero el ciclo del agua lunar y en mapear la ubicación y concentraciones de minerales desde la órbita e in situ. El programa Luna-Glob de Rusia está planificando y desarrollando una serie de módulos de aterrizaje, rovers y orbitadores para la prospección y exploración científica, y para eventualmente emplear la utilización de recursos in situ para construir y operar su propia base lunar tripulada en la década de 2030.

Estados Unidos ha estado estudiando la Luna durante décadas, pero en 2019 comenzó a implementar los Servicios Comerciales de Carga Útil Lunar para respaldar el programa Artemis tripulado , ambos destinados a explorar y explotar los recursos lunares para facilitar una base tripulada a largo plazo en la Luna, y dependiendo de las lecciones aprendidas, luego continúe con una misión tripulada a Marte. Se planeó que el rover Lunar Resource Prospector de la NASA buscara recursos en una región polar de la Luna, y se lanzaría en 2022. El concepto de misión todavía estaba en su etapa de pre-formulación, y se estaba probando un prototipo de rover cuando se canceló en abril de 2018. En cambio, sus instrumentos científicos volarán en varias misiones comerciales de aterrizaje contratadas por el nuevo programa de Servicios de Carga Lunar Comercial (CLPS) de la NASA, que tiene como objetivo centrarse en probar varios procesos ISRU lunares mediante el aterrizaje de varias cargas útiles en múltiples módulos de aterrizaje y rovers robóticos comerciales. Los primeros contratos de carga útil se adjudicaron el 21 de febrero de 2019, y volarán en misiones separadas. El CLPS informará y apoyará el programa Artemis de la NASA, lo que conducirá a un puesto avanzado lunar tripulado para estadías prolongadas.

Una organización europea sin fines de lucro ha pedido una colaboración sinérgica global entre todas las agencias espaciales y naciones en lugar de una "carrera lunar"; este concepto colaborativo propuesto se llama Moon Village. La cual busca crear una visión en la que tanto la cooperación internacional como la comercialización del espacio puedan prosperar.
Algunas de las primeras empresas privadas como Shackleton Energy Company, Deep Space Industries, Planetoid Mines, Golden Spike Company, Planetary Resources, Astrobotic Technology y Moon Express están planificando exploraciones comerciales privadas y empresas mineras en la Luna.

Métodos de extracción
Los extensos "mares" lunares están compuestos por flujos de lava basáltica. Su mineralogía está dominada por una combinación de cinco minerales: anortitas (Ca Al2Si2O8), ortopiroxenos ((Mg, Fe) SiO3), clinopiroxenos (Ca (Fe, Mg) Si2O6), olivinos ( (Mg, Fe) (2SiO4) e ilmenita ( FeTiO3).

Se ha propuesto que las fundiciones podrían procesar este material para descomponerlo en calcio puro, aluminio, oxígeno, hierro, titanio, magnesio y vidrio de sílice. La anortita lunar cruda también podría usarse para fabricar fibra de vidrio y otros productos cerámicos. Otra propuesta prevé el uso de flúor traído de la Tierra como fluoruro de potasio para separar las materias primas de las rocas lunares.

Marco legal
Artículos principales: Derecho espacial Tratado sobre el espacio ultraterrestre Tratado de la Luna

Aunque varias de las misiones lunares han plantado banderas de forma simbólica, ninguna nación reclama propiedad de ninguna parte de la superficie de la Luna, y el estatus legal internacional de minar los recursos espaciales es poco claro y controvertido.

Los cinco tratados y acuerdos del derecho espacial internacional abarcan "la no apropiación del espacio ultraterrestre por ningún país, el control de armamentos, la libertad de exploración, la responsabilidad por los daños causados por objetos espaciales, la seguridad y el rescate de naves espaciales y astronautas, la prevención de interferencias perjudiciales en las actividades espaciales y el medio ambiente, la notificación y el registro de actividades espaciales, la investigación científica y la explotación de los recursos naturales en el espacio ultraterrestre y la solución de controversias.

Rusia, China y los Estados Unidos son parte del Tratado del Espacio Ultraterrestre (OST) de 1967, que es el tratado más ampliamente adoptado, con 104 partes. El tratado ofrece directrices imprecisas para las actividades espaciales más nuevas, como la minería lunar y de asteroides , y, por lo tanto, sigue en discusión si la extracción de recursos cae dentro del lenguaje prohibitivo de apropiación o si el uso abarca el uso comercial y explotación. Aunque su aplicabilidad a la explotación de los recursos naturales sigue siendo controvertida, los principales expertos en general están de acuerdo con la posición emitida en 2015 por la Federación Internacional de Astronáutica, afirmando que, "en vista de la ausencia de una prohibición clara de la toma de recursos en el Tratado del Espacio Ultraterrestre, se puede concluir que el uso de recursos espaciales está permitido".

El Tratado de la Luna de 1979 es un marco de leyes propuesto para desarrollar un régimen de reglas y procedimientos detallados para la explotación ordenada de los recursos. Este tratado regularía la explotación de recursos si se "rige por un régimen internacional" de reglas (artículo 11.5), pero no ha habido consenso y no se han establecido las reglas precisas para la minería comercial. El Tratado de la Luna fue ratificado por muy pocas naciones y, por lo tanto, se sugirió que tenía poca o ninguna relevancia en el derecho internacional. El último intento de definir reglas detalladas aceptables para la explotación, terminó en junio de 2018, después de que S. Neil Hosenball, que es el Asesor Jurídico de la NASA y principal negociador de Estados Unidos para el Tratado de la Luna, decidiera que la negociación de las reglas de minería en el Tratado de la Luna debería ser retrasado hasta que se haya establecido la viabilidad de la explotación de los recursos lunares.

Buscando pautas regulatorias más claras, empresas privadas estadounidenses impulsaron al gobierno de los EE. UU. Y legalizaron la minería espacial en 2015 mediante la introducción de la Ley de Competitividad del Lanzamiento Espacial Comercial de 2015. Otras naciones como Luxemburgo, Japón, China, India y Rusia están reformando legislaciones nacionales similares que legalizan la apropiación extraterrestre de recursos. Esto ha creado una controversia legal internacional sobre los derechos mineros con fines de lucro. Un experto legal declaró en 2011 que los problemas internacionales "probablemente se resolverían durante el curso normal de la exploración espacial". En abril de 2020, el entonces presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, firmó una orden ejecutiva para apoyar la minería lunar.

Galería

Véase también
 Minería de asteroides: explotación de materias primas de asteroides
 Colonización de la Luna - Proceso o concepto para reclamar explotación y asentamiento en la Luna.
 Exploración de la Luna - Varias misiones a la Luna
 Geología de la Luna - Estructura y composición de la Luna
 Utilización de recursos in situ: uso astronáutico de materiales recolectados en el espacio ultraterrestre

Enlaces externos

Referencias

Luna
Recursos naturales

Ciencia lunar
Exploración de la Luna
Colonización del espacio

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Cormac McCarthy's House
Reading McCarthy Without Walls
by Peter Josyph
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Novelist Cormac McCarthy's brilliant and challenging work demands deep engagement from his readers. In Cormac McCarthy's House, author, painter, photographer, and actor-director Peter Josyph draws on a wide range of experience to pose provocative, unexpected questions about McCarthy's work, how it is achieved, and how it is interpreted.
As a visual artist, Josyph wrestles with the challenge of rendering McCarthy's former home in El Paso as a symbol of a great writer's workshop. As an actor and filmmaker, he analyzes the high art of Tommy Lee Jones in The Sunset Limited and No Country for Old Men. Invoking the recent suicide of a troubled friend, he grapples with the issue of "our brother's keeper" in The Crossing and The Sunset Limited. But for Josyph, reading the finest prose-poet of our day is a project into which he invites many voices, and his investigations include a talk with Mark Morrow about photographing McCarthy while he was writing Blood Meridian; an in-depth conversation with director Tom Cornford on the challenges of staging The Sunset Limited and The Stonemason; a walk through the streets, waterfronts, and hidden haunts of Suttree with McCarthy scholar and Knoxville resident Wesley Morgan; insights from the cast of The Gardener's Son about a controversial scene in that film; actress Miriam Colon's perspective on portraying the Dueña Alfonsa opposite Matt Damon in All the Pretty Horses; and a harsh critique of Josyph's views on The Crossing by McCarthy scholar Marty Priola, which leads to a sometimes heated debate. Illustrated with thirty-one photographs, Josyph's unconventional journeys into the genius of Cormac McCarthy form a new, highly personal way of appreciating literary greatness.
Peter Josyph is the author or editor of six books, including Adventures in Reading Cormac McCarthy. He codirected Acting McCarthy: The Making of Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses. His art has been used for the Portuguese editions of Suttree and Blood Meridian, for John Sepich's Notes on Blood Meridian, and for posters of the Cormac McCarthy Society. His exhibition Cormac McCarthy's House has shown at the Centennial Museum in El Paso, Texas; the CAPITAL Centre in Coventry, England; the Kulturens Hus in Luleå, Sweden; and the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center in Berea, Kentucky.
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Judging Blood Meridian Or The Evening Redness in the West by Its Cover
A Walk with Wesley Morgan through Suttree's Knoxville
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Cormac McCarthy's House: A Memoir
Chapter One: Resolution 158
Chapter Two: Finding the Where
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PostgreSQL Blockchain Extension

WARNING: This is work-in-progress, use at your own risk!

This is a C language Postgres extension that provides Bitcoin
blockchain functionality.

## What You Can Do ##

```sql
CREATE EXTENSION pg_blkchain;
```

```sql
SELECT op_sym, encode(data, 'escape')
  FROM parse_script(E'\\x04ffff001d0104455468652054696d65732030332f4a616e2f32'::bytea ||
                    E'\\x303039204368616e63656c6c6f72206f6e206272696e6b206f66'::bytea ||
                    E'\\x207365636f6e64206261696c6f757420666f722062616e6b73'::bytea);
   op_sym    |                                encode
-------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 OP_PUSHDATA | \377\377\000\x1D
 OP_PUSHDATA | \x04
 OP_PUSHDATA | The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks
(3 rows)
```

or

Assuming you have a table with a `BYTEA` column named `tx`,
which contains transactions, you can do stuff like:

```sql
  -- Note: this requires the pgcrypto extension for digest().

  SELECT n_in, verify_sig(tx, ptx, n_in)
   FROM (
    SELECT (vin).n n_in, p.tx ptx, x.tx tx
      FROM (
        SELECT get_vin(tx) vin, tx
          FROM rtxs
        WHERE id = 37898
      ) x
    JOIN rtxs p
      ON (vin).prevout_hash = digest(digest(p.tx, 'sha256'), 'sha256')
   ) x;
 n_in | verify_sig
------+------------
    0 | t
    1 | t
```

or

```sql

SELECT parse_script((get_vout(tx)).scriptpubkey) FROM rtxs WHERE id = 37898;
                          parse_script
----------------------------------------------------------------
 (OP_DUP,118,)
 (OP_HASH160,169,)
 (OP_PUSHDATA,20,"\\x32b0f5cad60641be97317b3f013ce53f60893448")
 (OP_EQUALVERIFY,136,)
 (OP_CHECKSIG,172,)
(5 rows)

```

```sql
-- Note: this will take a while to run!

SELECT (parse_script((get_vout(tx)).scriptpubkey)).op_sym, count(1)
FROM rtxs
GROUP BY op_sym
ORDER BY count(1) DESC LIMIT 10;
         op_sym         |   count
------------------------+-----------
 OP_PUSHDATA            | 678204416
 OP_HASH160             | 672704434
 OP_CHECKSIG            | 598508189
 OP_EQUALVERIFY         | 597189173
 OP_DUP                 | 597189166
 OP_EQUAL               |  75515405
 OP_RETURN              |   3017195
 OP_CHECKMULTISIG       |    574881
 OP_TRUE                |    572552
 OP_9                   |      2635
```

More details to follow. This [blog post](https://grisha.org/blog/2017/10/20/blockchain-in-postgresql-part-2/)
has some more info.

If you find this interesting, comment here in an issue or on twitter
@humblehack, whatever. Also if you'd like to help.

## Building ##

This extension requires
[github.com/libbitc/libbitc](https://github.com/libbitc/libbitc), which is
a fork of picocoin with SegWit support and other improvements.

Building and installing libbitc is up to the reader, the following
worked on my Debian system perfectly:

```sh
  # build and install .deb packages
  git clone https://github.com/grisha/libbitc.git
  cd libbitc
  git submodule update --init --recursive
  ./autogen.sh
  ./configure
  make pgk-deb
  sudo dpkg -i ./libbitc*deb
```

Once you have libbitc installed, you should be able to just

```
make
sudo make install
```

This was developed and tested only on PG 9.6.


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Every July 4th Weekend we sponsor Kingwood's Annual Street Dance. It is one of our ways of saying Thank You to the community that supports us. Each year 100% of all donations collected go to a local charity. Previous recipients have included the local YMCA, Family Time, Blue Star and Gold Star Moms, The Village Learning Center, American Heart Association and Children's Miracle Network. In addition to this annual event, we sponsor numerous local Little League Baseball Teams, Kingwood Football League, Kingwood Girls Softball and Blue Tide Aquatics Swim Team. We proudly help with fund raising for many Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Eagle Scout projects as well.
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In 1980, Rick Alspaugh, a 21-year-old self-described "small town boy" from Illinois moved to Houston to seek his future, if not his fortune. Little did he know the positive impact he would have on a small Texas community in northern Harris County.
In 1986, Rick and a friend heard that Kingwood Hardware Store had closed down. Someone suggested they ought to buy the store, located where Starbucks and Stein Mart now join. They decided to investigate the possibilities, and were about to buy the property when Alspaugh's friend backed out.
Rick called his best friend back home, his father Dick, who was retired from the road construction business. He asked Dick to join him in a new retailing adventure, "if he (Dick) had grown up enough." That was a long-running joke between Rick and his father. Like all 20-something-year-olds, Rick had all the answers to life, but just hadn't learned all the questions. His youth and Dick's experience combined, and they purchased the hardware store facilities. Dick and his wife, Rick's mother Sue, sold everything in Illinois, and hurriedly joined Rick in their new hometown of Kingwood, TX.
The new Alspaugh's True Value Hardware opened in 1986.
HISTORY CONTINUED...
Having given up the luxury of weekends and holidays, they jumped into the fray, and the store soon began to succeed. They soon expanded the store to 9,000-square feet from the original 6,000. Rick began featuring a line of charcoal and gas grills, and used the new space to highlight a selection of models. On Saturdays, you could pull up to the storefront, and the heavenly smell of meat smoking on the grill greeted you. Soon, most Saturday customers tried to time their shopping until the early afternoon when they knew Rick and Dick would be serving up succulent samples of the results. To this date, the kettles are smoking meat out in the front parking lot every Saturday. A new Kingwood tradition had been born.
Success was well-earned, and soon Rick was planning for new, larger quarters in Kings Crossing. About that time, a local hardware store, located where Famous Footwear is now located, went out of business. Rick bought their assets, and with a one-year lease on that location, hurried his plans for the new building at the current location. When that new store opened in 1994, he moved all the materials and stock and closed the two old stores. He added a unique marketing concept, a lumberyard shed, in 1997.
In 1996, they changed the store to Alspaugh's Hardware. About that time, Dick's health began to fail. He had a heart attack, but recovered, and was soon back at the store as much as possible. Just before Thanksgiving, in November 1997, Dick died suddenly. The Kingwood community had suffered a great loss, and so had the Alspaugh family.
The Alspaugh family's involvement in the Kingwood community has been total and is ongoing. In 1995, they started the tradition of a Fourth of July cook-out which draws hundreds of people for the food, fireworks, and festivities. The money raised all goes to charity.
As an ongoing spirit of giving, Rick has a fundraiser for charity every month, such as Ladies' Night, Santa Claus' Kingwood arrival at Christmas, and the Super Bowl related sales and activities. The walls of the stairwell to his office are lined with framed letters, pictures, and commendations from recipients of Rick's generosity. Practically every local Boy Scout who has worked to attain the rank of Eagle Scout has received Rick's support and some funding of the Eagle candidate's project. Upon reaching that goal, each newly appointed Eagle Scout receives a nice gift certificate.
Rick is a member of the Taste of Texas cooking team that competes every year in the World Champion Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Barbeque Cookoff, a huge fundraising endeavor providing multiple college scholarships for Texas youths.
When asked to say what he attributes the success of Alspaugh's Hardware to, he responded, humbly, that he considers himself a country boy raised by hard-working parents, who taught him the value of taking care of the customer first and foremost.
"You can't be all things to all people, but you strive to exceed the customer's expectations at every shopping experience," he said.
Rick trains and encourages his people to work by that philosophy. They know that the Alspaugh way is the only way to conduct business at the store. As a result, when the big corporate competition began to heat up, Alspaugh's did not skip a beat, just kept on performing as usual. Rick and the Alspaugh's staff are living proof that caring and service are the key.


I'm thinking about establishing a business that would help end customers compare quotes from different companies (starting with auto insurance) by submitting their information to one online source. The value proposition is that the customers submit their info to one company and then this company shops for the best rate without inconvenience for the customer caused by talking to many agents or filling up online forms with the same personal information over and over again. Customer phone number wouldn't be shared with the network of agents that I plan to use to get quotes.
I understand that there are independent agents providing similar service, but the major issue that I see is that they don't represent enough leading companies in the industry. And by including more of the large insurance companies I should be able to find better rates.
Can I get your feedback on this idea, please?
I think you have shopped at the wrong independent agencies.
Most of them carry all the top companies.
Your business plan sounds exactly like what most P and C agents do now.
So...you want to start an independent agency???
I mean, unless the agency just doesn't really specialize in your demographic, they should have PLENTY of options available. A large agency might have the ability to serve all types of customers...but most large agencies don't get to where they are by being generalists.
Talking to many agent's? Either you're dealing with a producer on training, or someone who is ineffective at theirjob, or you're dealing with the coverhounds, geicos, or usaa's of the world. These comps does are very impersonal and online...so if your proposition is to be all online, well There a realityyoure facing. If you're trying to automate the process from capturing a lead to purchase, not only do you face this same issue for customer experience, but you limit choices. Carriers like progressive MIGHT let you automate selling, but most aren't looking for these kind of transactions. Plus, once they finally get on board, the online and mega agencies will already be several steps ahead of you.
Nothing wrong with innovation or being a disrupter if it works for you, but...you need to offer something truly different. Unless you're bringing something else to the table, it's just another agency, not something new.
Thanks for the feedback! Can you please give me an example or two of a large independent broker you're referring to?
Met Life (said will be high, so it doesn't make sense to run).
5. Insurance and Realty Advisors, Inc.
Boyle Insurance: Traveler, Metropolitan, Allied, Erie, State Auto (wouldn't even try to beat my current provider btw).
Sneed Insurance: Safeco, Travelers, Progressive, Hartford, Metlife, Incompass, Allied.
Where the independents who can quote a good number of top insurers?
There are only so many carriers for the preferred market. It seems the local agencies have them covered, except for the captives who only represent one company and won't allow independents to use them.
Google tried this and failed at it.
I just want to say that go for small, get some experience after that play on a large scale. Well you have to search on web for this. Although, Google has all answers for your all queries??
I don't know about your state, but some states have more or less carriers doing business than in other states - Maybe MS doesn't have as many? The big names are all represented here, but I'm not really seeing regional names in your list (I know State Auto is technically a regional carrier, but they're one of the largest). Travelers, Safeco, and Allied are all good and will be competitive for the most part, but you need a regional carrier or two if you want to really be hard to beat.
As a side note, it's quite possible that some of these agencies didn't bother quoting you because your current carrier's premiums are artificially low right now.


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Q: C# Updater for Windows App i developed an updater application for my windows app. They are different projects under the same solution and they run as different processes. when i run the app it checks for updates at startup (as another process). when i click update button it tries to download files to the installation location. (i am using the .exe in debug folder i don't create setup file) Everything works fine but the main application (app.exe) can't be overwritten because it is used by update process. but in update process i kill app.exe and app.exe goes from task manager too. i couldn't find anything, how main app.exe is used by update. has anyone any idea how update uses main app ? how can i watch it? in which line it starts using the other app?

A: *

*Rename app.exe

*Insert new app.exe

*Close running, old app.exe

*Start new app.exe

*Check for renamed app.exe (in newly started app.exe)

*Delete old, renamed app.exe

A: If the updater app has a reference to the main app exe, it will keep it locked. If that's the case, can you remove the reference to the main app from the update app project? This may need moving some code directly into the updater's source.

A: To find out who has a hand on your process you should start ProcessExplorer. There are some spy glasses in the menu bar. Just click on it and see which process holds a handle to your app.

A: Do you need to invent your own?  There are existing solutions that you may be able to leverage that already do this.  Microsoft ClickOnce supports this if it fits your deployment model.
A quick google search turns up a few things as well:

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*http://csautoupdater.sourceforge.net/

*http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vb/Auto_Update_Revisited.aspx